Reason 8 - tree looks too weak in the pot. Reason 9 - tree needs too much care and does not fit the climate too well.

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Great ones.

LOL - the Sucker Cam! I don't even have a garden but I love watching this man talk about plants!!

I love your conviction and enthusiasm. Thank you for sharing energy and humour.

You're a handsome man who has won my heart with you enthusiasm. I look forward to when I retire and have some land to grow things as you do.

@Scott-zb6eo

3 жыл бұрын

Don't wait, plan now, and get working towards the goal. We got our land last summer, but I've had shrubs in pots lying in wait for 2 years, and have my first set of trees coming Friday. Merci Stefan, you have been an inspiration.

I love this channel. I never come here without learning something and being entertained. Brilliant.

this guys tone when speaking is 10/10. Very engaging!

I have been considering will I grow a flowering peach but now I’m not so sure. Love your show. Especially the dandelion one , so many reasons to let them grow. Keep up the good work. Love the show.

Love it!!! Thank you so much! You deserve so many more subscribers! Thanks again!

Just this spring I’ve planted (southern U.K.) my 3 first-ever fruit trees: Braeburn and Egremont Russet apples, and a damson.

#1, I like to collect the extra fruit and give them as well as extra vegetables to those in need. Watching you, it is a skill that needs to be taught to others for local sustainability. A teacher/mentor is the most important job there is and when the student can do even more, the teacher has done the best of all.

Wow! I just found your videos and I greatly appreciate all your insights and knowledge. Thank you so much!! 👍🥰

@youngpek

3 жыл бұрын

Stick around , you'll learn so much more. He's a great teacher 👍

@steveoh9025

3 жыл бұрын

Great place to learn about permaculture orchard techniques!!

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard. Enjoy the ride.

Love fruit trees, so glad I found your channel

Love the haircut. It suits you. I wasted time on Macintosh apple tree because I love the apples but they are terrribly plagued by disease, as you have said in the past.

The large amount of sucker might also be a good thing if you want a faturally forming and growing fruit grove, but you also need a lot of room for that. I have a cherry just for that purpose. It's a hedge that slowly but surely becomes thicker and wider. It'll be beatiful in 10 years when the whole thing flowers as a massive hedge.

I don’t why, but I was smiling the whole time I watch your video. You made it a lot of fun!

Stefan we love your channel. Our food forest is going great it’s on its 4th year. Adding to it each year we look at what’s going good and plant more of that. We’re in CA 1800 ft. In zone 8b. Kinda red clay soil and fruit trees, berries and grapes do great here. Berries are favorite. I have currants, gooseberry, goji, black, rasp, blue, honeyberrys, autumn olive, sea berry, loganberry, bayberry, hawthorn, even Chilean myrtle, service berry. It’s a joy to go out with the kids and pick. Thanks for the years of content we are tending our plot and grateful for teachers like you. ✌️✌️

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic so glad you got started. The exciting ups and downs will grow with time. Enjoy them both. Sounds like grapes and berries are ‘weeds’, grow more of them.

@mattpinder2656

3 жыл бұрын

Yessss weeds they are! We are propagating them and dividing them. Thanks again brotha! ✌️✌️

I love this energy

I’ve followed your work now for about 10 years. I love your NAP system. So far I’ve only practiced it on a 1/2 acre suburban lot, in central California. I did these oval swells around the trees and played with the contour of the landscape like you’ve talked about. I only plant “native” grasses, flowers, & shrubs to Cali for drought tolerance. But I absolutely love your work. I’ve since bought a 10 acre property & not having the same luck as previous experience.

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Congrats on starting. Half acre will give you all the practice you need, 10 acres is another beast. Each site has its particular characteristics. It takes a while sometimes to get a feel for the land. Adding organic matter and soil life (compost and compost tea) is the quickest way to get a soil working correctly. Keep in touch and persevere.

@07negative56

3 жыл бұрын

I had the soil tested in the area I wanted an orchard. The location is a south east hill side. Organic matter is less than 2%. It’s quite clay soil. I’m in the Sierra mountains now. There’s mineral, high in phosphorus, low in calcium. I’m thinking half acre orchard would be more than enough for a family of 4. Plus some for pigs & chickens.

my neighbor had a beautiful balsam fir in his yard, provided privacy for both of us, he took it out because it littered too many needles. he replaced it with a lodge pole pine.......

I really enjoyed this video. I subscribed. Thanks for your hard work. Great job

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub! enjoy the journey.

Ill be mindfull of what my next trees should be for decent maintenance. So far empire apples and prune de mirabelle. Im hoping they'll at least produce a bit and be healthy. Im working on turning my 2 acres into a food forest. Gatineau area in quebec

Thanks, always enjoyable 😄

Thanks for the info!

I wish you would add names of trees you have mentioned in writing. Also please give more examples of trees which we should not plant because of the problems you have talked about. For example, which trees tend to get viruses, too many insect problems etc. Thank you.

@notalltheories

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately that kind of thing is incredibly subjective and depends on where you live. I would maybe check your local extension or ask a local farmer to see if they have any information on good varieties for your area.

Wow thank you so much! Tres apprecier!!!

I absolutely adore my Damson plum. It produces prolifically, but it took years and to get there. It’s on its own rootstock and love the two or three suckers it produces each year so I can share it with friends.

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic they can be a great tree especially from seed.

Im going to cut down our plum tree this year, and going to like it. Trying some new things.

Do you have any videos that discuss the spacing in your orchard and the reasoning behind that spacing? Plant to plant and row to row spacing? Also, appears you have mostly semi-dwarf style trees? Do you have a preference of dwarf vs semi-dwarf if you were to do it all again from scratch? Love the channel. Keep up the great videos!

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Not just on that topic. I discussed spacing in the design of seeded orchard. I use dwarf, semi dwarf and standard.

Thank you for your videos!!! I’m learning so much!!! I noticed the two rows in the video are closer together than your others... what spacing do you suggest between rows?

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Depends on a lot of factors. Soil type and fertility, tree species, cultivar vigour, rootstock. Look at what is used in your region and remember when in doubt, space them out.

@juliemcgugan1244

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Can plant trees too close together, but can’t plant them too far apart. Can always interplant in-between trees with fruit shrubs.

Southern Oregon here. My 3 yr. old Bartlett Pear blossomed out. Then the whole tree died. WtH? My favorite is the Red Haven Peach. I used to have to take all the leaf curl leaves off for it to survive, and the huge crop would come on. TG. It is the sweetest, most juicy peach ever. Freestone. Like eating liquid sunshine. This year...no Leaf curl. After 3 miserable years. Was it the 4-10-10 bulb food I put on the Crocus beneath it, the manure that tucked it in for Winter, or the egg shells to give it calcium? And I just learned if you have aphids and white flies on your trees and bushes, you have too much Nitrogen. P and K to balance. With heavy Chemtrailing, who knows what's up.

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Liquid sunshine, love it. Curl as a fungal disease is more prevalent in wetter years, especially the conditions in spring. Keep on experimenting.

@ponolovefarms3926

3 жыл бұрын

Favorite fruit tree so far is my veterans peach. Hoping it fruits for the first time this year. It’s loaded with baby peaches. Grants Pass it’s the climate baby!

@beebob1279

3 жыл бұрын

Nice job taking care of the issues. I keep bees at farms that just spray, spray, spray. They have to in order to stay in business. However, your chemtrail comment is stretching it a bit. Only a theory and not proven.

@rare1walking

3 жыл бұрын

@@beebob1279 What is a theory? We get a lot of them. Some take the results to the lab. Not good for man or beast, aquifers or insects.

@afriendtoo6971

3 жыл бұрын

Brown rot getting most of my peaches unless I pick them early..

You just never know, though. Had one Bartlett pear tree on a farm in central N.H., supposed to be too tender for the winters there, fully exposed to the North wind. It produced good quality fruit every year. 😄

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

You're right, you never know. Nature always wants to show you exceptions.

@IrieB303

2 жыл бұрын

603. Wolfeboro.

@comesahorseman

2 жыл бұрын

@@IrieB303 Concord. Merrimack River Valley.

@IrieB303

2 жыл бұрын

@@comesahorseman I was born in Concord.

@kokadjooutdoors620

Жыл бұрын

Have some bartlets in maine and they do well along with kieffer and moon glow

you are so awesome, thank you!!!!!! im getting more trees thanks to your knowledge and sharing

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic

Thanks for the info

Damson plums and hybrids (small blue plums) is a nuisance. I planted 2 varieties, and they get EVERYTHING.

I still like my Rome apples for baking and sour cherries too. Cider trees are extra work but apple butter is great!

I love seeing your Chanal pop up on my playlist. I want an orchard like yours when I grow up. We have 20 trees know need more

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

That’s a goal. Give yourself an age (when I grow up) or you’ll just keep putting it off.

YOU'RE THE BEST DR. SOB !!!!!!!!!! WE LOVE YOUR CHANNEL !!!!!!!!! IT'S THE BEST CANADIAN PERMACULTURE ORCHARD CHANNEL EVER MADE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

No Dr here, I turned down my chance. Thanks for the thumbs up. More to come God willing.

thank you . so much fun, infectious

Hey! I just went through you videos to see of you had any on cherry trees and did not see any. I have a Evans Cherry that is always wormy. I have done lots of reading on what can be done but I find it confusing. Can you make a video?

I heard you can plant Amaranth Grain under fruit trees as an insect "trap". They choose to attack the Amaranth instead of the tree. So it's a perfect companion plant to fruit trees. I'm trying that this year.

Where I live we have a large problem with the collapse of insect populations. It's dramatic and sad, so we're trying all we can not to hurt them and to actually let them prosper. I like the strategy of planting disease- or insect-resistant varieties, for preventing worms for example. But human tech to scale insect-trappings? I think we need to be sparse with those. Any natural enemy tips to prevent worms? Like: which birds would eat those worms for example? Love the energy, thanks for the info! I would like to hear more about using nature to solve problems for use, make mixed ecosystems, while planting strong competition for those other natural forces that are out there.

Good video. I love it

I will never be suckered 😅 into planting an Illinois everbearing mulberry tree!!!! Great fun, this man's videos!! He's an awesome teacher!

@ronw484

2 жыл бұрын

The worst mulberry tree sold by catalogs is the Russian Mulberry- the berries are quite tasteless compared to others and may be white in color or black. Both equally tasteless. Also, the tree is extremely fast growing but eventually becomes so top heavy with limbs that the lower trunk splits in half unless you prune the tree back every year or so. The split happens because (about 4 feet off the ground) the trunk of these trees separate into two separate trunks= that's where the split will and does always happen. Once it does, you have a big problem as the tree becomes a hazard and will need to be cut down.

@keralee

2 жыл бұрын

I love my illinois mulberry! Its very productive and tasty.

So excited! Growing fruit trees for the first time this year. Just a small yard in town but most of it is garden beds and plants. I have a couple hardy cherries coming so I really hope they do well 😆💕 unfortunately I don't know what to do about the massive Lilac trees that are spreading every year, didn't know much about growing when we bought our house and though I love the flowers they are really getting out of control and I see massive problems in the near future - they're way too close to our house and just keep spreading.. I would much rather have fruit trees there but the lilacs are now as tall as our house on the entire length of our (rather small) property 😨 - how do I DESTROY THEM ALL !?!?!

@joggabonkers6380

3 жыл бұрын

Buy nets for the cherry trees, if you want to eat some yourself. I have a cherry tree that produces hundreds of cherries a year, and all i get is a handfull, If I dont net up. The magpies love them. They have allready been checking out the tree this year aswell.

@trollforge

3 жыл бұрын

@@joggabonkers6380 for us it is the F'ing Robins! I wonder what stewed Robin tastes like...

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Now now, plant more to saturate the robins.

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Lilac are a shrub that can get tall. You can cut them all down but t the will come back very healthy. Keep cutting the biggest ones to renew the bush and mow around it to keep them where you want them.

@zarahsgarden2097

3 жыл бұрын

@@StefanSobkowiak Yea but its like death traps everywhere with all the little pokies - I just want to rip them all out! 😭 ..but based on the size of these massive things their root system is probably insane. Ah well at least for now I'll enjoy lots of fruit and veg thanks to all the pollinators they attract 🐝 🌱💕

nice, new things learn.

Hey Stefan, great video! I have a bit of a work around for plants that heavily sucker. If you can heavily mulch your pathways, the grass and weeds become more sparse. This makes it easier to see the suckers. Plus there is the added benefit of the soil taking longer to dry out and nutrients slowly returning. I could see the cost of mulch being a barrier to you though. It might be expensive to get, hay, straw or wood chips though. I live in the city and buddy drops off bags of yard waste, so it is easy for me. Are there reasons that you don't mulch your pathways?

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

It’s nicer to walk on grass and grass adds solar capture which feeds the soil. Getting enough mulch is always a problem in the country. Yes easy in the city.

@jozefdebeer9807

3 жыл бұрын

@@StefanSobkowiak Good point about the solar capture. Long grass has really deep root systems. I let my grass get long and do a chop and drop. Thank you for answering my question!!

I have a wild plum patch spreading around my well & frost free hydrant. It's so thick & full of thorns! Very dry clay soil.

Conference does very well in the U.K. luckily. Shame about the fireblight

I've got five native plum + suckers to take out this year. Here are the reasons: I am not a big fan of the fruit. They produce a ton of fruit but all very small and mostly pit and it all is ripe at once. They are difficult to keep trimmed & pruned. They tend to inwardly cross branch. They have tons of suckers. They are harboring mites that causes long tiny finger like growths on the leaves called spindle galls and in severe cases big puffy petiole galls that form instead of fruit. They have outrageously sharp spikes at the end of the growing year on all the branches. The spikes can tear you up worse than a hawthorn. I brought a 2" diameter branch into work to show a colleague and he thought it was cousin to a medieval mace. I have finally had enough.

Hello Stefan, awesome as usual. Would you say those suckers will become vital trees, i did save some from a dying plum tree last year and those rooted and survived the winter. Are those suckers coming off of the ground better than those that grow on a tree? thanks and keep it up. Greetings from central Europe.

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Coming off the ground can give more trees (if healthy) those coming off the tree are tree suckers you can remove.

@veela420

3 жыл бұрын

@@StefanSobkowiak thanks Stefan!

Hey make a series on weeds that are actually quite favorable to have pleashe kind sir

I always love your videos. I was thinking of planting some fruit trees, but i live in arizona where the ground is mostly clay. WHAT DO I DO?

@KleineJoop

3 жыл бұрын

Just an idea: Dig big, deep and wide holes and fill them with soil and/or compost, and plant the trees in there?

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Check out Brad Lancaster’s channel he lives and is transforming Tucson with his desert strategies. Very simple but effective strategies.

@TheRealHonestInquiry

3 жыл бұрын

Gypsum and lots of organic matter. Clay is great, it usually has a good amount of nutrients and excellent water holding capacity, but poor air holding capacity. So breaking it up with the Gypsum and adding lots of air pockets with the organic matter will balance it out. Compost, Leaves, mulch with woodchips, etc.

Thank you

to many pests and diseases , only fruit i can grow is pears and i have a conference pear trees no diseases great video Stefan

Sekel pear!!! I have a big mature tree that came with the property. I have a bumper of set fruit for the first time in 3 years and I am now panicking about the care needed to mature them! Oh fruit....

I absolutely aspire to this type of permaculture excellence - flannel and all

What should l plant in my 30 feet by 162 feet lot? Not too up on fruit trees. Thanks for upload with bloopers👍.

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Any fruit tree that grows like a weed in your area that gives fruit you love. Disease resistant is a good start.

I had Japanese plums that I really liked along with a peach tree and a nectarine tree. All of them eventually got infected with something that produced gnarled black lumps on the branches and trunks and the fruit would get a brownish colored mold(?) on the fruit that ruined them. I tried everything to cure the problem but nothing seemed to work. It just became too much expense to keep trying to treat the trees. Plus, when I actually had a chance to get fruit off the trees, I'd usually lose out to the squirrels and raccoons who'd strip a tree in one raid. The only trees I don't have trouble with in terms of disease are Japanese pears and certain types of Japanese persimmons.

@Failedmusician

2 жыл бұрын

what you described is usually called Canker or black knot. Its the bane of my existence because one of my most favorite peach tree (Sincerest) and Plum (Methley) are both very susceptible to canker and yes there is no cure for canker :(.

Thx 4 the vid the virus thing was new to me thank you very much

Don't get suckered into it...I'm laughing my ass off here!

About 7 or 8 years ago, I planted a fig tree because I live in a hot climate and knew that my second favorite fruit, cherries, wouldn't do well in my climate. Well, the tree grew quite large, flourished actually, but never really made many figs much to my disappointment. Then this year we had a freak, late, hard freeze, something that hasn't been seen in like 50 years. It really stressed the tree and now it is making more fruit than ever before.

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Often a sign that the tree is deathly stressed. Just saying, I’ve seen it many times.

,,,I would love to have the space for sifty apple trees ... :)

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

🤣

my plum trees drive me nuts every year with the sucker issues ....

@amyblueskyirl16

3 жыл бұрын

Inherited some old plums doing this. Do I cut down the suckers or dig them up and replant? Do they affect fruit production?

@src4409

3 жыл бұрын

Not sure how it affects fruit trees, but someone told me they put 1 drop off brush killer on suckers that pop up at the base of crepe myrtles to keep them from growing and it works for them.

this guy can run a farmers market out of his garage

@ShortCrypticTales

3 жыл бұрын

he reminds me of the Scotty Kilmer of fruit trees instead of cars

Stefan, so now what is your favorite pear? For zone 4?

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

‘Patten’ not 100% certain it’s z4 Canada but am sure it’s zone 4 US.

are your trees all on their own root stock? do you worry they're too close together for standard root stock?

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

Most are grafted.

If a fruit tree is producing a ton of suckers, do you think it might be trying to tell you it would rather be a hedge? I mean, do you think that variety might be a good hedgerow candidate?

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Certainly as long as you can mow both sides of the hedge.

@dawnhughes9942

3 жыл бұрын

Good point. It often means they are improperly planted, have root collar damange or are experiencing some sort of root stress.

This has conflicted me now. I want to plant 2 fruit trees, but now I don't know which ones I shouldn't plant! I was going to do two same trees for pollination, probably apple or pear, but now i worry about disease.

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Just look up disease resistant cultivars of... your preferred fruit. Yes two different cultivars of the same species.

Merci! Love the sucker cam 😂

@thomasonmike7170

Жыл бұрын

Hi pretty lady. How are you doing today? And how is the weather over there and that of your family??

I don't put a lot of thought into what i plant because my local nursery already does. They usually have a limited selection but its limited for a reason. They only sell the stuff that preforms really well for my area. I have about 60 trees and around a thousand bushes total that i acquired over the years. Almost everything is fruit, nut, and berry producing. I've been super lucky and have great producers. I also live next to a huge forest full of animals. They always keep the ground clean. Around 4 to 7 in the morning there are anywhere from 12 to 30 deer in my yard. The only really problem i had was pear rust. That stuff just keeps coming back.

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

Wow sounds idyllic. Nice job.

I love you Stefan, I know nothing about plants. But I take your word as gospel.

Did you try peroxid andcwater spray on the fire blight?

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Never tried, thanks.

Wish I knew how to top work my Pineapple Pleasure mango tree, it grows beautifully and flowers profusely but never gave me any fruit. My other mango trees have though, Mahachanok, Carrie, Lemon Zest, and Pickering.

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Oh make me drool with your mangos. Look at my overgrafting videos. Same idea for topworking.

@nomargat77

3 жыл бұрын

@@StefanSobkowiak Yeah mangos are my favorite fruits. :) I'll look up your video on grafting and give it a try.

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

My favourite also, maybe one day I’ll buy a farm down south so I can grow mangos.

Which one was a tank?

I got a goji berry. Now it’s suckered all over. And, the strain I got produces thousands of flowers and only few fruits.🥴

@doctorgoody72

3 жыл бұрын

I understand that the leaves are edible. My chooks keep on grazing on my small goji berry plants before they can become established

@davehendricks4824

3 жыл бұрын

@@doctorgoody72 send them my way!

Question what plum tree was that, that produced all of the suckers? Great show.

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Damson plum.

@teeterfarmtech5955

2 жыл бұрын

@@StefanSobkowiak Was the Damson plum that suckered so much, on it's own rootstock? Or was it grafted onto a known rootstock? If so what rootstock? I'm planning my orchard and want to avoid hundreds of plum suckers, but have heard so many good things about Damson would hate to give up on it, if a good low suckering rootstock would curb the problem. Thanks

My granddad always said every yard should have a Damson Plum. They are such heavy and reliable producers with great flavor for preserves and freezing. He was in Missouri. I've grown them in Michigan and Oregon and agree with him. I've had great results with Damsons, but every location has their own challenges. Too bad the Damsons get diseases in your area. Finding the right variety is so important!

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Damson from seed do best. I got these trees as suckers from someone without knowing they were infected.

I have an increasingly worsening problem each year with sudden frost that comes sometime in may/april. Almost all of the fruit trees advertised for my climate start flowering and then the frost comes and it only produces a few fruit each year. Pears and cherries are okay but plums are by far the most devastated by this. I tried burning wood in buckets underneath for the whole night last year and i tried covering the trees with protective cloth but the winds get really strong and everything just blows away. Should I just "cut my losses" and cut the plums and plant other stuff or is there some secret for this. I live in slovenia and we have been getting really blasted this year with huge temperature changes and each year it keeps getting worse. Imagine today it was minus2 degrees celsius and during the day it can get as hot as 30!

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting since cherries flower earlier than plum. I presume the tallest trees suffer less. Aim to get your trees higher.

@Kolar522

2 жыл бұрын

@@StefanSobkowiak Once the flowers close they are mostly okay but the frost comes right when the plums are in full bloom. They are about 5/8m tall and I dont do much pruning. They are all old trees that my grandfather planted 40/50 years ago, some are also grafts like my pears. I dont prune any of my old trees and they still produce tons of flowers.

Bonjour Stephan, comptez-vous retirer le pailli de plastique dans vos plantations agroforestières avant que la végétation le recouvre presque complètement et que vous vous retrouvez pris avec de manière quasi permanente? Je pose la question, car on a déjà fait cette erreur sur nos plantations à la ferme, c'est pourquoi nous utilisons plus de paillis en plastiques dans nos plantations agroforestières. Ça pourrait peut-être faire un bon sujet de vidéo! Bien cordialement.

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Bon sujet absolument. On passe les poules dans les allées au moins au 4 ans. Elles adorent gratter tout ce qui est sur le plastique car les insectes sont juste sous ce paillis. Effectivement après 10 ans certains endroits accumulés de matière.

Trying to get some apples to grow from seed but they all get fire rot and die a few months later T.T

Hello Stefan! My little 2 yr old Stella cherry has little red aphids (I think). What to do? It had Japanese beetles last year.

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t fertilize for one season, see how it changes.

@andreac.6164

3 жыл бұрын

@@StefanSobkowiak I realize now the dog pees near there, I also have free range chickens and I mulched it with Forest leaves. Going to remove the mulch and keep the chickens away. Thank you so much from the Northeast Kingdom.

Talking of taste, I've found that good cooking apple trees are getting really rare. Its sad. Everyone seems to want eating apples these days. But I adore the sour cooking apples.

What can you tell me about Papaya trees? Thanks in advance.R

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Not much they are tropical. Check out Pete Kanaris’ channel.

Walnut, the outer shell of the nut and leaves make a mess in late autumn, the squirrels also throw the nutshell at people.

Ok, Stefan, I've already asked a buddy of mine to send me some seeds for Danson Plums. Why did they make your list of won't plant again?

@joggabonkers6380

3 жыл бұрын

Because they get every disease, canker, pocket plum, aphids plum rust aso. Also the fruit is mostly good for jelly, not eating. First two years I fought aphids. I have a dozen trees, and only the damsons got the shit. Then when that was conquered. Half the fruit got pocket plum and the majority of the others got rust. So A whooping 11 eatable plums in 3 years. I've given them a last chance this year. If its anything more coming I will saw them down.

@trollforge

3 жыл бұрын

@@joggabonkers6380 I don't blame you!

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Ordering and planting seeds is the simplest way to get clean virus free trees for some trees. Damson plum is a rare fruit variety that comes true to type. So go ahead and plant them.

Could you graft your pairs onto another tree to avoid the disease or pick up health benefits from the tree you're grafting to?

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

With virus once you have it the whole tree has it, grafting will just spread it.

@readhistory2023

3 жыл бұрын

​@@StefanSobkowiak From what you're describing it doesn't sound like plants have anti bodies to viruses.

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Good question, I think they do but it needs some sleuthing.

Very funny good alternative view. An avocado came came up so I let it grow. But it survived so i decided to feed it green leaf mulch from woodbine tree Plus cow and chicken manure and worms. The next spring it took off like a rocket. It's now 5 meters tall and shades the bedroom BUT 10 years later still no fruit. More leaves but never flowers. Other success a prune plum, yes yummy and delicious. But some other evil beast is watching the tree and sometimes in one night the whole harvest disappears. No traces like birds leave traces. Great presentation. You could do a standup comedy on this theme , think about it, who else does that on YT garden videos.

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Great idea. For your avocado you may have fed it too well when young and it’s delaying fruiting. Some take 10-12 years but eventually you will have a monster tree producing a half ton of fruit. Better make sure it has a partner nearby for pollination. See my 4 reasons your fruit tree produces no fruit.

Sucker cam. LOL the editing was fantastic.

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it is.

wait. what do we about the suckers? ...that doesn't leave "nails" poking up in the ground?

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Cut them individually or get rid of the tree. We removed a whole row of them.

My wife's cousin planted a small group of fruit trees. Nothing is happening after four years. I thought they were planted too close together. Now that I'm looking at them, I'm thinking they might not have a pollinator partner for fruiting. But even his peach tree isn't blooming. Suggestions?

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Wait another 1-4 years. Some trees take longer to fruit. Otherwise they may be too much in the shade and until they grow taller to catch more sun will not flower.

@beebob1279

3 жыл бұрын

@@StefanSobkowiak Five years with the trees in the ground. It's likely a nutritional ground issue. There's plenty of sun because they are in the middle of an open field.

The DAY before harvest 1,000,000 sparrows show up and eat every peach in my ORCHARD! I let all 600 trees die. With the water I now save I can buy 6000 Peaches!

Suckers in plums can be a nuisance. I have a native plum thicket and some damson trees, the damsons can't even begin to keep up to the natives. I keep both around simply because I like plum jam and I like the natives canned.

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

A thicket is the natural way they grow.

Why do you not figure out why you get fireblight in your conference Pear trees?

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

Any suggestions?

I wish I knew even the tiniest sliver of stuff you know. 🤗

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

It’s all learned through study and practice. Anyone willing to put in the time can learn it all much faster than I did. We are working on a Masterclass to make all this information available.

What tree did you call a tank?

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

The pear cider pear.

Great video. Very helpful. Thank you. My mother-in-law has just given me 3 fruit tree whips planted in pots. Not great quality and not varieties I would plant. She will expect regular reports. Help! Anybody? What do I do? Here’s a clue: Mother-in-law’s first birthday present to me when I married. A dog. Did I want a dog? BTW I still have a dog 40 years later.

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha. Gotta love them.

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I’m trying to figure out why a few of my trees never came out of dormancy. They are still alive bc I did the scratch test. I planted them bare root a few months ago.

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe they were dry for a while when planted. Or they are stock from farther North and are programmed to bud out now as many of our trees are doing here in the north.

@rickershomesteadahobbyfarm3291

3 жыл бұрын

@@StefanSobkowiak I don’t know how far north they were grown but that could be it. When I bought 2 of them they were around 12-15 ft tall bare root trees. The roots were about the size of my hand so I topped it out like I do all my trees when I 1st plant them. And we got a lot of rain after I planted them so I thought they were going to do great. The other 2 were no bigger than sticks when I planted them and I don’t think they are going anything. I hope they pull through though. Do you think I should try fertilizer or Miracle grow?

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

I always prefer natural fertilizers they provide more broad spectrum nutrients and reduce the chances of getting insect outbursts after.

Sir can we keep sheeps in orchard land of 14 acre?

@StefanSobkowiak

3 жыл бұрын

Yes but you will lose bottom branches to 1.3m

This man screams "Canadian" and I love it